On Court: Joined the Stags after transferring
from Azusa Pacific University...played #3 singles and #3 doubles
for an APU team which finished 2010 ranked #3 nationally in
NAIA...his 15-6 singles record and 18-3 doubles record gave him the
second best combined singles and doubles mark for the Cougars,
earning him a #33 year-end national singles rank and 2nd Team NAIA
All-American honors...also reached semis of Ojai Valley NAIA
singles event...ranked as high as 12 in Southern California Boys
18's and 60 in the nation...as high as 8 in Southern California
Men's Open in 2008...as a sophomore played #1
singles and #2 doubles (with Wei) for the Stags...was 26-6 in
singles, including 19-5 in dual matches...became only the second
Stag to win the prestigious Ojai Valley singles title, doing so
without losing more than eight games in any of his five
matches...reached the quarters of the NCAA singles tournament as
the #2 seed to become one of three Stags to earn ITA All-American
honors...was unanimous selection as SCIAC Athlete of the
Year, becoming the fourth CMS player in five years to earn the
conference's top award...earned a year-end ITA singles national
ranking of #5...with Wei at the #2 doubles position went 22-5...the
pair also reached the consolation semifinals at Pacific Coast
Doubles, with wins over teams from Boston College and Stanford, and
the quarters of Ojai...finished with a 22-6 mark
overall...as a junior picked up right where he
left off last May, winning the USTA / ITA West Regional singles
title as the tournament's top seed...earned ITA All-American honors
by virtue of the singles title and advanced to Small College
Nationals in Mobile, AL, where he won two of three
matches to finish third in the Division III event...earns a #4 ITA
national singles ranking and #1 west regional ranking for the
fall...partnered newcomer Warren Wood in doubles, with the duo
winning four of five matches to reach the West Regional final...he
and Wood rank #10 nationally and #3 in the west in the fall...began
the spring campaign fighting injury and illness, which sidelined
him for nearly a month...as a result moved between the #1 and #2
singles spots and #1 and #3 doubles...won 11 of 13 singles matches
between March 10 and the end of April, highlighted by a semifinal
showing at Ojai...began the spring at #1 doubles with Wood and then
re-emerged with Erani at #3 after a two week layoff...he and Erani
won their first four dual matches at #3, then entered Ojai doubles
as an unseeded team...defeated three seeded teams and five #1 teams
en route to winning the title, the second CMS #3 team in three
years to win an Ojai title...moved to #1 doubles after Ojai for
SCIACs and the NCAA Team Championships...earned 1st Team All-SCIAC
honors for second year in a row...finished with a 22-9 singles
record and a 24-7 doubles record to have the most combined singles
and doubles wins on the team...as a senior spent
fall in Paris, France as part of CMC's study abroad
program...returned in the spring to conclude a remarkably
consistent career as a Stag...won more than twenty singles and
doubles matches for the third straight season, going 25-7 in
singles and 24-6 in doubles...played the majority of his dual
matches at the #4 singles position, although also appearing at #1
and #2 one time each, and #3 six times....won ten straight matches
between March 15 and April 5 and 13 of 15 through April 21...went
on his usual tear at the Ojai, winning five matches and reaching
the singles final, losing to Ballou of Cal Lutheran for the second
straight year...en route the final as an unseeded player, Lane
defeated Bettwy (Santa Cruz), teammate Wood, and Lipscomb
(Redlands)...following the Ojai, Lane stayed unbeaten without
losing a set in his next seven matches before losing at #3 in the
NCAA team championship match...in doubles played at the #3 position
exclusively with Nik Marino...the pair started slow, dropping two
of their first three as a team, then rattled off 18 wins in their
next 20 matches...Lane finishes his CMS Tennis career with
jaw-dropping records of 73-22 (.768) in singles, and 70-19 (.787)
in doubles...his 73 singles wins places him #14 all-time in career
wins - the only player in the top 20 to have ever done so in only
three seasons...his .768 career winning percentage is third
all-time in CMS Tennis history...his doubles numbers are equally,
if not more impressive, considering that he played with four
partners (Wei as a sophomore, Wood and Erani as a junior, and
Marino as a senior)... his 70 career wins put him 16th all-time,
while his career winnning percentage of .787 is sixth best in Stags
Tennis history, all in only three seasons...Lane again earned
All-SCIAC honors, this time as a second team selection due to his
position in the Stags lineup...he concludes 2013 with singles
rankings of #12 in the west and #40 nationally and as an ITA
Scholar-Athlete (for achieving a 3.5 GPA or better) and
CMS Wall of Fame Inductee (1st Team All-SCIAC and 3.0 or
better GPA)...this future CMS Hall-of-Famer will be remembered for
his intensity and passion whether on court clinching a big win, or
off court inspiring his teammates to do their best.